This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Grays Harbor County including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Westport, Ocean Shores, Elma, Montesano and beyond.
Stage West Community Theatre Presents the romantic comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me” written by Katherine DiSavino. Gabe and Olivia are moving from New York to Chicago. It’s a big deal because Gabe is going to propose to Olivia and he’s invited their parents to share in his big moment. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong! This play promises to make you laugh at the wacky characters and situations the young couple encounter. Tickets available at Dolores’ and Faye’s, the Ocean Shores Visitors Information Center and at the Door.
Stage West Community Theatre Presents the romantic comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me” written by Katherine DiSavino. Gabe and Olivia are moving from New York to Chicago. It’s a big deal because Gabe is going to propose to Olivia and he’s invited their parents to share in his big moment. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong! This play promises to make you laugh at the wacky characters and situations the young couple encounter. Tickets available at Dolores’ and Faye’s, the Ocean Shores Visitors Information Center and at the Door.
Stage West Community Theatre Presents the romantic comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me” written by Katherine DiSavino. Gabe and Olivia are moving from New York to Chicago. It’s a big deal because Gabe is going to propose to Olivia and he’s invited their parents to share in his big moment. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong! This play promises to make you laugh at the wacky characters and situations the young couple encounter. Tickets available at Dolores’ and Faye’s, the Ocean Shores Visitors Information Center and at the Door.
Stage West Community Theatre Presents the romantic comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me” written by Katherine DiSavino. Gabe and Olivia are moving from New York to Chicago. It’s a big deal because Gabe is going to propose to Olivia and he’s invited their parents to share in his big moment. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong! This play promises to make you laugh at the wacky characters and situations the young couple encounter. Tickets available at Dolores’ and Faye’s, the Ocean Shores Visitors Information Center and at the Door.
Stage West Community Theatre Presents the romantic comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me” written by Katherine DiSavino. Gabe and Olivia are moving from New York to Chicago. It’s a big deal because Gabe is going to propose to Olivia and he’s invited their parents to share in his big moment. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong! This play promises to make you laugh at the wacky characters and situations the young couple encounter. Tickets available at Dolores’ and Faye’s, the Ocean Shores Visitors Information Center and at the Door.
Listen to selections from oral histories gathered by Harbor area students come to life through readings and narrator panels. Through these voices we will explore what draws us to this place, what helps us persevere during times of struggle, and what cultivates our sense of belonging to the area known as “The Harbor.
Presented by The Evergreen State College faculty member Stephen Buxbaum, “Voices from the Harbor” is possible because of a grant from Humanities Washington to The Evergreen State College Foundation.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
Stage West Community Theatre presents the Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy – The Savannah Sipping Society. This funny play involves four women making their way through life and relationships.
The whole world has turned completely upside-down, and in the aftermath, Hannah finds herself without a job, health insurance, separated from her husband and daughter, and in need of therapy. When all funding for the arts is cut off, Hannah is given the option of doing standup comedy in an empty theatre for her psychotherapy. She returns to court to get her rights back. But is she the plaintiff or the defendant?
The whole world has turned completely upside-down, and in the aftermath, Hannah finds herself without a job, health insurance, separated from her husband and daughter, and in need of therapy. When all funding for the arts is cut off, Hannah is given the option of doing standup comedy in an empty theatre for her psychotherapy. She returns to court to get her rights back. But is she the plaintiff or the defendant?
The whole world has turned completely upside-down, and in the aftermath, Hannah finds herself without a job, health insurance, separated from her husband and daughter, and in need of therapy. When all funding for the arts is cut off, Hannah is given the option of doing standup comedy in an empty theatre for her psychotherapy. She returns to court to get her rights back. But is she the plaintiff or the defendant?
The whole world has turned completely upside-down, and in the aftermath, Hannah finds herself without a job, health insurance, separated from her husband and daughter, and in need of therapy. When all funding for the arts is cut off, Hannah is given the option of doing standup comedy in an empty theatre for her psychotherapy. She returns to court to get her rights back. But is she the plaintiff or the defendant?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“We are coming together because we are tired of Grays Harbor County’s economic devastation and we are working together to make our city a better place for everyone,” says Mashyla Buckmaster, organizer with Harbor Rising and Chaplains the Harbor.
June 12th, 2018
CONTACTS:
Mashyla Buckmaster (360) 580-4278
Stina Janssen (360) 301-3340
Downtown Future Housing Site Tour and Vigil to advance vision for 2,000 affordable housing units in Aberdeen Revitalization Plan
Aberdeen, WA – Residents of Aberdeen who have experienced homelessness first-hand and housing-insecure families advocate that affordable housing must be a central emphasis in Aberdeen’s Revitalization Plan. Saturday, under the banner “Harbor Rising,” we will gather to welcome the Most Reverend Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, to the streets of Aberdeen. Having sermonized at the Royal Wedding, Curry is now an international household name. Presiding Bishop Curry’s presence honors the work of our local community, which is rising to the challenge as we face down a housing crisis and advance lasting solutions.
Local residents will lead a downtown tour highlighting both our plight and our potential for future affordable housing and treatment centers, demonstrating our vision to the Presiding Bishop and members of the New Poor People’s Campaign visiting from across Washington State. We will end the day with a vigil at Aberdeen City Hall to honor the many lives lost due to homelessness in our community. The tour will meet at 3:00pm Saturday, June 16th in the parking lot next to Jay’s Fruit Stand (corner of South G St and E Heron St, Aberdeen, WA 98520) and will end at City Hall (200 E Market St) for a vigil.
Making housing a central priority in Aberdeen’s Revitalization Plan would address issues at the heart of citywide concern for Aberdeen’s economic future.
In recent weeks, the City has responded to homelessness with ordinances that would punish homeless people for the housing crisis. There have been community efforts to evict the largest homeless camp in the city. Like the City and the business community, we want a better future for our city and we want businesses and workers to do well.
We mourn the devastating loss of the Aberdeen Armory, which housed vital services including Meals on Wheels, the Museum of History, and Coastal Community Action Program, a provider of housing assistance. Despite the backlog the fire’s destruction will place on housing resources, we know that as a resilient community, we will rise.
Those who know homelessness firsthand have a vision to restore our county and its people by rebuilding our housing stock. One in sixteen people—approximately 1,000 people—are homeless in Aberdeen (DSHS 2017). For every 100 extremely low-income families in Grays Harbor, there are just 17 housing affordable units available. For the 1,775 extremely low-income households in the county, there are only 615 affordable units available, and for the 1,715 very low-income households, only 605 affordable units are available (American Community Survey Data 2016).
Meanwhile in Aberdeen, 11.7% of housing, 862 units, stand vacant (US Census 2010), most of these currently unfit for human habitation. We propose that 2,000 units be built or restored in Aberdeen to fill the gap in affordable housing availability. Harbor Rising imagines responsible agencies partnering with local organizations to provide housing including pathways to home-ownership and employment in housing construction and restoration. The Future Housing Site tour, led by people who have experienced homeless and housing insecurity first-hand.
The tour will end at City Hall for a vigil for those who have died on the street, prayer, and words from Presiding Bishop Curry.
Harbor Rising is made up of people with experiences of homelessness and housing insecurity, local residents, and organizations including Chaplains on the Harbor, Democracy Rising, Blind Justice and more.
LOVE LETTERS
Written by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Ben Hohman
Reader’s Theatre for all ages.
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank you notes and summer camp postcards. Romantically attached, they continue to exchange letters through the boarding school and college years, where Andy goes on to excel at Yale and law school, while Melissa flunks out of a series of “good schools.” While Andy if off at war, Melissa marries, but her attachment to Andy remains strong and she continues to keep in touch as he marries, becomes a successful attorney, gets involved in politics and eventually is elected to the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, her marriage in tatters, Melissa dabbles in art and gigolos, drinks more than she should and becomes estranged from her children. Eventually she and Andy do become involved in a brief affair, but it is too late for both of them. However, Andy’s last letter, written to her mother after Melissa’s untimely death, makes it eloquently clear how much they really meant and gave to each other over the years; physically apart, perhaps, but spiritually as close as only true lovers can be.
Performance dates: Every Friday and Saturday evening with curtain time at 7:30. Each weekend features a different cast.
Tickets are $15.00 and are available online at:
aberdeendriftwood.com
